Soba45
Bakery Hill Classic Single Malt
Single Malt — Australia
Reviewed
January 1, 2019 (edited February 1, 2019)
I tried the peated variety of this Distillery last year in ChCh NZ and really quite enjoyed it despite its lighter speyside profile. I was in Melbourne and staying only 20 minutes down the road from the distillery. Sadly there were no tours when I was there over xmas and NY but I thought why not ring them up and see anyhow. Long story short they were on a holiday season break but doing a bit of a tidy up and the founder / owner David invited me to pop in. It's not often you get to sit down with a founder in his distillery, have a good chat and drink their range of whiskies. David was a very lovely fellow and had lots of very interesting info which I'll spread out over the reviews of his other whiskies. I'm not a speyside profile person but this was nice, predominantly green apple, malt and vanilla. I'd say I preferred the rest in the range more though.
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@cascode Cheers mate :-). Hope you had a great Xmas and NY. Yes it definitely adds another dimension to the whiskey tasting sitting down and having a good chat to the person who made it. I can get a bit lazy with my tasting sometimes and having someone walk me through all the background and components really made me focus on what the whiskey had to offer.
Great review - and terrific you had a chance to hang out with the distiller. Moments like that are gold and can really reset your perspective on the industry and products.